Moisture-carrying belt.



PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

G. GOLDMAN.

MOISTURE CARRYING BELT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1904.

I BEST AVAlLABLE coP UNITED STATES MOISTURE-CARRYING BELT.

Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,402, dated July 11,1905.

To all whom it may concern.-'

Be it known that I, GUSTAV GOLDMAN, of Baltimore, Maryland, haveinvented a new and useful Moisture-Carrying Belt, which invention isfully set fOllih-i!1 jtli18 fol-lowing specification.

This invention relates to means for carrying water or other liquid intopositions where it can be advantageously employed in the treatment ofother bodies. For example, it is found desirable in the manufacture ofmany products to subject them to the action of steam during the processof manufacture, and for this purpose the product, together with themoisture, is brought into juxtaposition with a heated surface whichconverts the moisture into steam. Such use of moisture is disclosedin'my United States Patent No. 7 58,246 in the manufacture of matted orfelted fibrous masses. 1

The object of the present invention .is to provide a means for use inevenly and automatically applying the moisture to various surfaces orbodies. With this object in view the invention consists in amoisture-carrying belt composed of a backing of requisite strength andto which there is quilted or otherwise suitably secured a layer ofabsorbent material, as absorbent cotton. The backing may be andpreferably is composed of canvas, and the absorbent cotton or otherabsorbent material is secured thereto by staggered rows of stitches, orit may besewed thereto in the usual manner of quilting.

One method of using such a belt is to pass it through a tank orreservoir containing the moisture and then advance it to the point wheresuch moisture is to be applied, andfor the purpose of permitting theescape of all the liquid which is not retained by the absorbent materialthe belt is perforated or provided with numerous holes. Not only dothese holes or perforations afford a means for the escape of thesuperfluous liquid, but they also afiord a ready means for the passageof the heat to the body of the belt and to the material treated whensaid belt is passed over heated rollers to convert the moisture carriedthereby into steam.

Application filed September 22, 1904. Serial No. 225,539.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, 1n whioh-Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion V of the belt. 'Fig. 2 is atransverse section thereof; and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view, on areduced scale, of the belt in use.

Referring to the drawings, l-is a backing,

of any suitable material, such as canvas, to[ which a layer 2 of anysuitable absorbent material, as absorbent cotton, is secured, pref Ierably by quilting or other forms of stitche' 3. In the. presentinstance the absorbent ma terial is shown as stitched to the backing brows of zigzag stitches. Holes or perfor:' tions A are formed throughoutthe extent the belt, through which excess of moisture: permitted topass, and thus escape from ti belt. .Another important function of thesperforations 4 is that the steam, generated when heat is applied to thebelt, passes through them, and thus more readily reaches the materialwhich it is desired to treat than would be the case if the belt wereimperforate.

As a convenient means of driving the belt it is provided withsprocket-chains 11 11, secured to the sides thereof. One advantage ofemploying some driving means like the sprocket-chains 11 11 or theirequivalent lies in the fact that the belt itself need not be placedunder such tension as it passes over the driving-roller, therebyavoiding strain on the belt and also avoiding the squeezing out of thewater in the absorbent material.

In Fig. 3 is shown one manner of using the belt. The belt 5 is passedaround an idlerroller 6 at one end and a steam-heated driving-roller 7at the other end. Above the roller 7 is mounted a roller 8, which may ormay not be heated, as may be deemed most advisable. At some suitablepoint along the belt suitable means for supplying moisture thereto isprovided. As shown in F ig. 3, water-pipes 9 9, having jet-openingswhich direct the water onto the belt, are employed for this purpose.

The material 10 to be treated is passed be- I BEST AVAILABLE c s.

nee has been principally had to the use of the )elt for the purpose ofcarrying moisture to a surface or material where said moisture is to beapplied,-it will be apparent that instead of supplying the belt withmoisture to be carried to a given surface the belt may be used to absorbmoisture from a given surface and carry it away' -from the same. themoisture being evaporated from the belt by any suit able means forapplying heatsuch, foriexample, as a steam-heated roller or table. It Iwill therefore be understood that the belt may be either amoisture-supplying or moistureabstracting belt, as the case may be.

s Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is l. A belthaving a body of moisture-ab sorbing mate-rial stitched-or'otherw-isesecured I there-to, with perforations extending through i the belt.

2. A belt composed of a suitable fabric and amoisture-aibsorbingmaterial stitched or othlerwise secured thereto, with perforationsextending-through said fabric and absorbent material.

- 5. A belt'composed of a fabric back-ing with bsor-bent materialsecured thereto, combined with a device on each edge of the belt forapedges of the belt.

6. A belt composed of a fabric having absorbent cotton stitched thereto.

7. A canvas be'l't having a layer of absorbent cotton stitched thereto.

'8. A canvas belt having a layer of absorbent cotton stitched thereto,w-i-th perforations extending through the canvas and absorbentcotton,-combined with sprocket-chainssecured to the edges of said belt.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV GOLDMAN.

Witnesses:

S. T. CAMERON, RE VE LEWIS.

